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Should You Hire a Hacker?
fabioj writes "Business Week has an article about today's debate at the RSA Security Conference held at the Moscone Center attended by Kevin Mitnick and his 1995 trial prosecutor, Christopher Painter. Interesting to note that Painter doesn't see Kevin Mitnick's experiences as a deterrent for the 'up-and-coming technology workforce' to criminally hack."
So why is Poindexter running Total Information Awareness?
Because the Bush administration is fundamentally corrupt and the sooner you guys kick that fucker out of the White House the better.
"Information wants to be paid"
And should be treated as such...
How about if the US Army would recruit ex-murderers? Hmm... would you only feel safe if they weren't back home?
I think the amount of young destructive criminal hackers this precedent is CREATING far outweighs the small ammount of benefit gained by employing an ex-crimnal hacker.
The LAWs are there not just for punishing the guilty, but to serve as a deterent for future disdeeds.
Bah, you have no idea how we think and act...
I'm disturbed but not particularly shocked at the number of people missing the point here.
Mitnick is a convicted criminal.
Mitnick is a THIEF. Regardless of how heavily the law came down on him, you can't get around the fact that he actually stole money (in the form of services) from companies.
Furthermore, he seems to show no remorse, no guilt, no understanding that what he did was wrong, and no sign of reform.
I've been playing with computers since the beginning of the 1980s, and can't argue that times were very different. However, that does NOT excuse theft, and anyone (especially convicted thieves) who say it does are not the people I trust.
"People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die." -- Jim Davidson on alt.folklore.urban
> What makes the whole repeat-ness of this story even worse is that there is a vote about it up right now!
OK, so Slashdot has moved from being a discussion site for stories posted at The Register to being a discussion site for Slashdot polls.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade